S. canicula are small, shallow-water sharks with a slender body and a blunt head. The two dorsal fins are located towards the tail end of the body. The texture of their skin is rough, similar to the coarseness of … See more

S. canicula is an opportunistic species, preying on a wide variety of organisms. Decapod crustaceans, molluscs and fishes are their main prey, but See more

S. canicula is well-suited for comparative analysis of gastrulation for several reasons.
• It is harvested in large numbers along all the coasts of Europe, and it is the only known elasmobranch species from which individuals at any … See more

S. canicula is currently of low commercial value. In the recent past, it was one of the species sold in English and Scottish fish and chip shops … See more

S. canicula is oviparous. They deposit egg cases protected by a horny capsule with long tendrils. Egg cases are mostly deposited on macroalgae in shallow coastal waters. … See more

A study published in 2014 at Exeter University showed that individual small-spotted catsharks have different personality traits. … See more

S. canicula is one of the most abundant elasmobranchs in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean. It is regularly caught by near-shore … See more